SHOULD I SEE IT

Eli Roth’s 1980’s-inspired comedic suspense/horror film is held together by Jack Black, Cate Blanchett and Owen Vaccaro’s inspired performances when the script struggles to deliver in key moments.

You will have a ball watching Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding scurry their way through Paul Feig’s A SIMPLE FAVOR, a comedic suspense film which is one of the more entertaining films of 2018.

Unbroken: Path To Redemption starts off well, but then devolves into a bait-and-switch cinematic experience, where its premises becomes an afterthought for a preacher selling his family’s name.

This might be the most irresistible documentary, or movie, of 2018. Pick Of The Litter is simply wonderful.

Nicolas Cage stars as a lumberjack, seeking gory revenge against a gang of religious cult members who murdered his girlfriend in the wacky, bonkers horror flick Mandy.

French/Belgium horror film Let the Corpses Tan is stylish and well-crafted, but hard to follow and convoluted.

United Kingdom import I Am Not A Witch tells a poetic story of a young Zambian girl, wrongly accused of witchcraft, who adjusts to life in a “witch camp.”

John Cho’s terrific performance as a dad desperate to find his missing daughter, along with a novel concept by writer/director Aneesh Chaganty, makes Searching one of the more noteworthy films of 2018.

The Bookshop lives in a melodramatic world where a kind-hearted widow wants to open a bookshop and a town malcontent has different ideas on what the community needs.

Regina Hall is simply wonderful in Andrew Bujalski’s Support The Girls, documenting a tumultuous day at a Hooters-like sports bar where she must make a number of important and potentially life-changing decisions for her and her girls.